So, dear Reader, I did it. I called Annie this morning and told her this business wasn't for her at this time and to please send back all the manuals and CD's I have sent her. Not only did she do this but she also trashed all the cards I had made for her, the ones she bought from Vista Print and the fliers and handouts--anything that had her name on it. Oh, my goodness. We talked several times. She said it would cost a lot of money to mail all this material back to me. I told her she'd have to figure that out. I reminded her that she could continue to buy Shaklee and enjoy the products and share with anyone who wanted what she was taking and she seemed thrilled to be able to stay connected. Ignorance on fire burned out fast. I took it away and relieved us both of a lot of pain and frustration.
In this morning's readings from Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy, one of my favorite trainers, I made notes from the section on "Your Master Plan". In my master plan I wrote out what I want: to be Ex. Coordinator by June 2011. There. I've put it out there for everyone to see. I want it because I want to prove to myself that I can recruit and train successful business leaders. I wrote out a list of the obstacles I have to overcome to get there. One obstacle is people, finding them, talking to enough people to find the ones who want what I have and will do what I do. I must spend more time prospecting.
So what happened today in reality was that I sat down to make calls at 10. But first I finished the plans for taking 2 grandsons to Spring Training in Arizona. It was noon before I finished what I thought would be a 30 minute task. Then I had deliveries to make on foot so I could get my exercise in and work simultaneously. It was 2 before I got home and then I had to eat something. The Meal Bar I had on the walk was wearing off. There were urgent emails that had to be taken care of.
It was 3:30 before I started making calls. Luckily, or because of good planning, I knew who to call and got right to it. I'm going through my list of customers, the list Shaklee has and asking each of them to think of who they know who is looking and might be open to a wellness career and willing to enter a training program. No new leads from 12 calls.
Had to condition the hot tub and take care of the chickens and cats. Then Annie 2 (not her real name) came over for a visit. She is a business builder and agreed to begin the Basic Training class tomorrow. Yipee!
Net result of the day: one down and one up. Calls made. Still not enough effort to find potential leaders. I wrote this morning: My obstacle to getting this done [finding leaders] is the amount of time I devote to it. This is the first thing every day [that I must do] when I sit down to work. I flunked.
Tomorrow will be a better day.
Thanks for reading. Betsy
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